Sea fort venue for Charlatans

Tim Burgess and Mark Collins will perform on privately owned Spitbank Fort, recently converted to an exclusive venue about one mile from the coast of Portsmouth.

The show is a warm-up for the Isle of Wight Festival and to celebrate 15 years since The Charlatans released their Tellin’ Stories album.

Burgess said: “One-off gigs are often in pretty cool venues but this might just top the lot: a fort in the sea to keep Napoleon out. I had to look it up and it’s even crazier than I’d imagined. Mark and I can’t wait.”

The June 21 gig is organised by Absolute Radio.